For those who, like me, have been distressed at the drift of CNN's news coverage from relatively objective to Fox News-lite, it's worth noting that CNN International, which is moderately less conservative (in American political terms), plays on the CNNfn channel on the weekends, and, with CNNfn scheduled to close down soon, the word is that many cable systems may replace it with CNN International full-time.

There are also other TV news options which provide an alternative to the Faux News/MSNBC axis of distortion:

BBC World News is available on BBC-America and also on some PBS outlets, and

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